1988Final results
1988 election for Pennsylvania Senate District 39
Pennsylvania State Senate · Pennsylvania
Gene Porterfield (D) won with 59.7% of the vote, defeating Robert W. Keibler (R) by 19.5 points.
Gene PorterfieldDemocrat · winner
59.7%44,652
Robert W. KeiblerRepublican
40.3%30,096
74,748 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1988
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET